Survival Guide

Survival Guide

REMINDER. Fort Fun will be closed for maintenance beginning Monday through next Friday. Information: 886-7912.

CAMPAIGN FORUMS

CONTACT US. Send information on forums for city council and school board candidates to Daily Press, Metro Desk, 7505 Warwick Blvd., Newport News 23607; or send by fax to 245-8618. Information: 247-4741.

NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL 24-34A. The council is sponsoring a Newport News City Council and 3rd District/at-large seat School Board candidates forum at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Baptist Church, Chestnut Avenue and 29th Street. The public is invited.

HAMPTON-NEWPORT NEWS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. The league will sponsor a forum for Hampton City Council candidates from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the council chambers. Written questions will be accepted from the audience.

BUCKROE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. The group will host a forum for Hampton City Council candidates at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the former Buckroe Methodist Church, 620 Buckroe Ave.

WYTHE COALITION FORUM. A forum for Hampton City Council and School Board candidates will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Hart-McAlister Community Center, formerly King Street Community Center, 1815 Shell Road, Hampton.

CONCERNED DENBIGH CITIZENS. The group will hold a Newport News School Board candidates forum at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Denbigh High School auditorium.

THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT STEPHEN W. HANCOCK. Hampton School Board candidate Stephen W. Hancock has scheduled a public forum for School Board and City Council candidates from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Northampton library branch, 936 Big Bethel Road. The public is invited to a roundtable discussion of city and School Board issues.

MARSHALL COURTS RESIDENT'S COUNCIL. Newport News City Council candidates will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at Marshall Courts Recreation Center at the corner of 33rd Street and Marshall Avenue. Written questions will be accepted from the audience before and during the forum.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF HAMPTON-NEWPORT NEWS/KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 5480 COUNCIL. The public is invited to attend a Newport News City Council and School Board candidates forum from 1 to 5:30 p.m. April 30 at the Columbian Center, 12742 Nettles Drive, Newport News. Candidates for City Council will speak from 1 to 3 p.m., and candidates for the School Board will speak from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Written questions will be accepted from the audience.

HIGHWAY HEADACHES

COLEMAN BRIDGE. No bridge openings are scheduled today, but this is subject to change without notice.

MONITOR-MERRIMAC MEMORIAL BRIDGE-TUNNEL. North and southbound lanes will alternate closures from North Island to 35th Street from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday for maintenance to sweep road shoulders.

Also, one southbound lane inside tunnel will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday for maintenance.

JEFFERSON AVENUE, NEWPORT NEWS. One lane north of Denbigh Boulevard interchange will be closed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily through May 1 for installation of 48-inch water line.

OYSTER POINT INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, NEWPORT NEWS. One road will be closed between Thimble Shoals Boulevard and Diligence Boulevard from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for two months to work on a new bicycle path.

28TH STREET, NEWPORT NEWS. The 1300 block will be closed to through traffic until July for sewer rehabilitation. Traffic will be detoured to 26th Street.

OAK AVENUE, NEWPORT NEWS. Traffic from 26th Street to 29th Street will be detoured to Parish Avenue or Chestnut Avenue until July for sewer rehabilitation.

FORREST DRIVE/WOODS ROAD, NEWPORT NEWS. Roads will be closed to through traffic until June 15 to replace sewer facility.

I-64, HAMPTON/NEWPORT NEWS. Two east and westbound lanes between Route 17 and the Hampton Roads Center Parkway will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through April 29 for replacement of pavement markings and installation of signs.

ROUTE 17, HAMPTON/NEWPORT NEWS. One northbound lane at various locations between Dare Road and the Newport News city line will be closed from 6 p.m. to 3 p.m. daily through April 29 for concrete pavement repair. Also, same construction project southbound from 9 a.m. to 6 a.m. daily.

NORTH HENRY STREET, WILLIAMSBURG. Reconstruction between Lafayette Street and Prince George Street will continue daily until approximately July 1. Motorists are encouraged to use alternative routes to avoid construction delays.

COLONIAL PARKWAY, YORKTOWN. The parkway from Yorktown to Route 199 is closed until summer for repairs.

ROUTE 17, YORK COUNTY. One northbound lane from the Colonial Parkway overpass to Alexander Hamilton Boulevard will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday until May 7 for tree removal.